| 24 Oct/3 Nov 1620 |
Ludovic Stewart Duke of Lennox and others are incorporated as a "Body corporate and politick" under the name of the Council established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New England, in America, also known historically as the Council of New England, in accordance with letters patent (charter) issued by command of the King of England on 24 Oct/3 Nov 1620 (Hazard's Historical Collections, 1:103-118) |
| 11/21 Nov 1620 |
a group of settlers constituted themselves a "civil Body Politick" by an agreement historically known as the Mayflower Compact, signed aboard the Mayflower while anchored off Cape Cod (present-day Massachusetts) on 11/21 Nov 1621 (Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, p. 110) |
| 20/30 Dec 1620 |
the colony of New Plymouth is effectively established upon the vote for selecting a site for permanent settlement (Mourt's Relation, p. 64) |
| 20/30 Dec 1620 - 20/30 Dec 1686 |
Colony of New Plymouth :: Government of New Plymouth :: Jurisdiction of New Plymouth |
| 13/23 Jan 1630 |
the settlers of the Colony of New Plymouth, William Bradford and others, are formally granted lands in New England, including the area of their present settlement, in accordance with a deed issued by the Council of New England on 13/23 Jan 1630 (New Plymouth Laws, pp. 21-26) |
| 2/12 Mar 1641 |
William Bradford and the other holders of the lands granted in 1630 surrender their rights and title to all granted lands, with a small exception, to the freemen of the Colony of New Plymouth, in accordance with an instrument of surrender executed on 2/12 Mar 1640 (New Plymouth Laws, pp. 305-307) |
| 20/30 Dec 1686 |
the Colony of New Plymouth is placed under the administration of the Governor and Council of the Territory and Dominion of New England in accordance with a commission, issued by command of the King of England on 3/13 Jun 1686, which was read and published on 20/30 Dec 1686 in Boston (Massachusetts Royal Commissions, pp. 44-56) |
